Andrea Mitchell: Unlike Dems, GOP Race in South Carolina Is Really ‘Nasty’

[See NewsBusters for more.] Unlike the apparently civil Democrats, the Republican primary in South Carolina is a historically “nasty” affair “going back to Richard Nixon.” That’s according to MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell on Thursday. Talking to Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza, she lectured, “South Carolina Republican primary is so different from the Democratic primary.” Offering a hint of the reason for this difference, Mitchell noted, “We been talking so much about the African-American vote and the older women, Normal constituency for Hillary Clinton.” A disgusted Mitchell contrasted, “On the Republican side, there's a legacy. The late Lee Atwater, a lot of nasty politics going back to Richard Nixon's time.”